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NASADelta Lifted Onto Pad (5/21/2008)

At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Delta II first stage is being raised to a vertical position in front of the mobile service tower on Space Launch Complex 2. Once it is vertical, the first stage will be transferred into the tower. The OSTM, or Ocean Topography Mission, on the Jason-2 satellite is a follow-on to Jason-1. It will take oceanographic studies of sea surface height into an operational mode for continued climate forecasting research and science and industrial applications. This satellite altimetry data will help determine ocean circulation, climate change and sea-level rise. OSTM is a joint effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, France's Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales and the European Meteorological Satellite Organisation. OSTM/Jason-2 will be launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II 7320 from Vandenberg on June 15.April 25, 2008 Photo credit: NASA/Dan Liberotti


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Feed_id: /1/rss_feeds/NASA_Ostm_Multimedia_GALLERY/nasa_ostm_multimedia_gallery:08-04-30-3/123671_galleryxml_Feed.rss
Mediatype: image
Creator: NASA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ostm/multimedia/gallery/08-04-25-2.html
Date: 5/21/2008
Year: 2008
Rights: Public Domain
What: Jason 1
Identifier: 228758main_OSTMdelta1ststagelift-hires_full
Addeddate: 2009-08-19 23:54:09
Publicdate: 2009-08-20 00:02:46
Keywords: Delta II, Vandenberg, OSTM, Jason-2; What -- Jason 1

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